The Night Sky

Dylan doesn’t like the dark. He doesn’t like it if all of the lights are off downstairs, or upstairs, we have to have nightlights on all the time for the little guy. I,on the other hand love the dark… I long for cloudy days, stormy skies, and pitch black nighttime.

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When I had Dylan it was an entire year before I went outside at nighttime. I was saddened that it had really been that long since I had seen the night sky, and then I remember looking up at all of the stars, and being blown away by just what I saw. I remember a big bright moon, and stars, so many stars. I fell in love with astronomy a little bit more that night.

I still sneak out whenever I can. I love to look at the moon, I get goose bumps when I find Venus or Mars in the sky, and I could stare at those twinkling stars forever.

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Still, Dylan is scared of the dark, so Monday I kept him out later than usual, and I introduced him to the stars. We found the big dipper, spotted Orion, and a large moon too. I told him that if it wasn’t for the dark, we would never see those beautiful sights. He had a lot of questions for me too, how far away were the stars, and which one was which, he didn’t even notice that he was outside, in the dark.

Maybe I’ll have another astronomy fan in my household, I just hope the night sky calms his fears just a bit.

Oct 16

The Bare Minimum

I feel like I never have a weekend… I know I stay at home, and technically I don’t have a job. But my “job” is my house, and when the weekend rolls around, I feel like I haven’t been able to clock out.

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I’m working on it though…

Saturdays I usually rush around, wake up way too early, get the kids to soccer, come home, make lunch, and then I’m exhausted and grouchy and grumpy before 1:00 p.m. Sunday is the same too, I’m up late with the little ones, and then Thade wakes up really early on Sundays, I rush around in the morning, feel like I’m way behind before lunchtime, and yep, I’m grumpy and grouchy before I’ve served the mid-day meal.

Two Saturdays ago I decided enough was enough, and I was just going to do the bare minimum, and you know what… I wasn’t as stressed, I wasn’t as grouchy, everyone was still clothed and fed. All of the little chores that I missed over the weekend, I had caught up early on Monday morning. I finally felt like I had a weekend.

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I’m also saying yes to my hubby when he says let’s pick up lunch after those soccer games that ran too long, and I’m waiting until everyone has gone to sleep before I even think about washing the dishes. I even scheduled a hair appointment on the weekend, just to add to the chilled-less stressed-out me. That half an hour away did wonders for my attitude (and I got cute hair too).

Trying to be less stressed is something that I am working on, and I will probably be working on it for the rest of my life, but just getting a little down-time has really helped me. My living-room might be a mess, and yes there is unfolded laundry patiently waiting for me, but that’s what Monday is for. I’ll clock back in then, but for now I’m enjoying a weekend.

Sep 9

Soccer Practice

I’ve got both of the boys in Soccer this Fall, and our schedule seems to be non-stop right now. Both of the kiddos are enjoying Soccer practice, and the games are just around the corner.

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The weather is cooling off too, so it is once again fun to be outdoors.

Sep 6

More Cooking, Less Shopping

This month I’ve started the pledge that over the next three months I will shop less and cook more. So far it is going well, but it’s still pretty early in the project.

I’ve already noticed that I am spending way less time here.

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